A beer produced by a Cambridge micro-brewery has been named one of the best in the East of England.

Turpin's Brewery's top cask beer, Cambridge Black, beat off 177 others to take home the coveted gold medal in two categories in the SIBA East Independent Beer Awards.

The stout is described as having ‘ balanced flavours of coffee, cocoa and dark chocolate'.

Marcus Turpin, owner of the brewery, which opened in 2014, said: “This is a huge award for all of the brewing team's efforts and hard work to produce an award-winning product.

"The beer has been tweaked over the last two years. We think the recipe is great and glad that people agree and are enjoying it as much as we do. It’s also great to see a dark beer winning at this competition and joining us on the dark side!”

Buster Grant, SIBA chairman, said: "The winners from the SIBA competition are officially the best independent producers of craft beers in the east region, something brewers should be extremely proud of.”

Turpin's Brewery started in The Med, a pub on the south side of Cambridge, but moved out to Pampisford in 2017 because of growing demand.

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As well as the awarding-winning stout the brewery also makes seasonal brews and limited edition beers.

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